A Guide to the Papers of Glenway Wescott, 1945-1962 #8568

A Guide to the Papers of Glenway Wescott, 1945-1962

A Collection in
Clifton Waller Barrett Library
The Special Collections Department
Accession Number 8568

Special Collections Department, University of Virginia Library

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University of Virginia
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Administrative Information

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Preferred Citation

Papers of Glenway Wescott, Accession #8568, Special Collections Dept., University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va.

Acquisition Information

This collection was deposited on 1967 April 17.

Scope and Content Information

There is a handwritten quotation from "Apartment in Athens." Wescott comments on book collecting methods; calls "Apartment in Athens" his best novel but "The pilgrim hawk: a love story" is 'perfect'; recommends "Noon wine" by Katherine Anne Porter and the writing of Richard Hughes; tries to obtain for Miss Porter an invitation to a party in honor of [Robert] Frost; sends a New Year's Greeting; and calls the [University of Virginia?] Library "thrilling."

Correspondents include Mr. Halter, Mr. Edwards, and Clifton Waller Barrett.

Contents List

Manuscript: Quotation from (p. 230) Apartment in Athens(1945) n.d.

AMsS

"I will tell you how it is when one contemplates dying . . . "

Letter: G. W. (Stone Blossom, Hampton, N.J.) to Mr. Halter 1945 May 9

1 p. TLS

Comments on Mr. Halter's methods of book collecting. Believes Apartment in Athens (1945) is his best novel but The Pilgrim Hawk: A Love Story (1940) may be called "perfect." Its publication ended years of silence and intense writing. Suggests he collect Noon Wine by Katherine Anne Porter and the writing of Richard Hughes. Mentions eighteenth century opera.

Letter: G. W. (Haymeadows, Rosemont, N. J.) to Clifton Waller Barrett, with enclosure, carbon TL, G. W. to Mr. Edwards 1962 March 5

1 p. TLS

Thanks C. W. B. for invitation to a birthday party in Washington, D. C. Encloses a letter, sent to Mr. Edwards, requesting an invitation for Katherine Anne [Porter] to the same party.

Letter: Enclosure (carbon) G. W. (Haymeadows, Rosemont, N. J.) to Mr. Edwards 1962 March 5

1 p. TL

Asks him to invite Katherine Anne Porter to a birthday and book party for Frost. Porter is to be novelist of the year. Mentions Book-of-the-Month Club.

Letter: G. W. (Haymeadows, Rosemont, N. J.) to *"Dear book loving friends" n.d.

1 p. ALS

New Year's Greeting. Says visit to (University of Virginia ? ) Library in Charlottesville "thrilling" (*probably referring to the Clifton Waller Barretts)